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Martin Luther King Day Roundtable: What’s In Your Black Justice Toolkit?

The Speakeasy

Jan 20, 2020
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<em>Resistance and Hope</em> Dares Us to Go Beyond Activism 101

Carrie

Jan 24, 2019
politics + activism

How Coretta Scott King Leveraged MLK’s Legacy to Fight for Gay Rights

Carmen Phillips

Jan 21, 2019
pop culture fix

Ellen Page Was Outed and Sexually Assaulted by Men in Hollywood, Is Ready for the Reckoning

Heather Hogan

Nov 10, 2017
pop culture fix

Black LGBT Women Represent on The Root’s 100 Most Influential People List

Carmen Phillips

Sep 20, 2017
lgbt pride

PHOTOESSAY: At Washington DC’s 2017 Equality March, Queers Resisted Like a Rainbow Storm

Molly

Jun 12, 2017
lgbt pride

LA Pride Took to the Streets and Called for Action with the Resist March

Reneice Charles

Jun 12, 2017
politics + activism

Be The Change: 5 Quick Tips for Finding and Keeping Activist Volunteers

KaeLyn

Jun 5, 2017
politics + activism

Be The Change: Totally Rocking Small Group Breakouts

KaeLyn

May 22, 2017
politics + activism

Be The Change: Love Without Power Will Never Bring Justice

KaeLyn

May 8, 2017

martin luther king day

the resistance

Martin Luther King Day Roundtable: What’s In Your Black Justice Toolkit?

politics + activism

Martin Luther King Day Roundtable: What’s In Your Black Justice Toolkit?

Black justice is not the sole responsibility of only black people. We’re asking: What does black liberation look like for you, and what are you prepared to do to get…

The Speakeasy —

Jan 20, 2020

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<em>Resistance and Hope</em> Dares Us to Go Beyond Activism 101

lgbt book reviews

<em>Resistance and Hope</em> Dares Us to Go Beyond Activism 101

If you’re looking for easy answers that preserve your bubble, you won’t find them here. But that’s exactly why anyone who considers themselves an activist, an ally, or a member…

Carrie —

Jan 24, 2019

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politics + activism

How Coretta Scott King Leveraged MLK’s Legacy to Fight for Gay Rights

On this Martin Luther King Day, Autostraddle remembers the activist legacy of Coretta Scott King and her fight for gay rights.

Carmen Phillips —

Jan 21, 2019

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sexual assault

Ellen Page Was Outed and Sexually Assaulted by Men in Hollywood, Is Ready for the Reckoning

pop culture fix

Ellen Page Was Outed and Sexually Assaulted by Men in Hollywood, Is Ready for the Reckoning

“I was eighteen years old. He looked at a woman standing next to me, ten years my senior, pointed to me and said: ‘You should fuck her to make her…

Heather Hogan —

Nov 10, 2017

#blacklivesmatter

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Black LGBT Women Represent on The Root’s 100 Most Influential People List

pop culture fix

Black LGBT Women Represent on The Root’s 100 Most Influential People List

When I look at this list, I’m fortified knowing that increasingly we are not being asked to choose between our blackness and our queerness as the movement moves forward. We…

Carmen Phillips —

Sep 20, 2017

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PHOTOESSAY: At Washington DC’s 2017 Equality March, Queers Resisted Like a Rainbow Storm

lgbt pride

PHOTOESSAY: At Washington DC’s 2017 Equality March, Queers Resisted Like a Rainbow Storm

Our president hasn’t acknowledged pride month, so we went to his house.

Molly —

Jun 12, 2017

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pride 2017

LA Pride Took to the Streets and Called for Action with the Resist March

lgbt pride

LA Pride Took to the Streets and Called for Action with the Resist March

This weekend, LA showed its pride by marching in resistance of oppression.

Reneice Charles —

Jun 12, 2017

be the change

the resistance

Be The Change: 5 Quick Tips for Finding and Keeping Activist Volunteers

politics + activism

Be The Change: 5 Quick Tips for Finding and Keeping Activist Volunteers

Pro tips for attracting, engaging, and retaining volunteers to help you win campaigns and get shit done!

KaeLyn —

Jun 5, 2017

be the change

the resistance

Be The Change: Totally Rocking Small Group Breakouts

politics + activism

Be The Change: Totally Rocking Small Group Breakouts

Facilitating a small group requires skills that aren’t always intuitive. I’ve got some tips and tricks and types of small group breakout sessions to help ya’ out!

KaeLyn —

May 22, 2017

be the change

the resistance

Be The Change: Love Without Power Will Never Bring Justice

politics + activism

Be The Change: Love Without Power Will Never Bring Justice

Let’s let love win, but not let love be our only strategy. Why we need to understand love and power together to win intersectional justice for all.

KaeLyn —

May 8, 2017